Akerfeldt tells Rocksverige: "The label wanted a promotional track, so they picked Cusp Of Eternity. I guess it's the most straightforward type of song on the record.

"As for Eternal Rains Will Come, I think they put that out because it leaked earlier and we were trying to stop people from putting it up on YouTube." He continues: "If I could choose, we would not give the record out to any journalists or play it to anyone until its release. But I'm obviously in the wrong."